title: Does early surgical intervention of middle ear atelectasis improve long-term results and prevent cholesteatoma?
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. james.saunders@hitchcock.org
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Saunders
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*